Quakerly
Americanadjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of Quakerly
Example Sentences
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Most of them are written by Friends, and expound Quakerly thought on current economic and social problems, and Quaker religious practices and history.
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Each morning, after a 20-minute period of Quakerly meditation, the group separates for its various duties � helping the Mexican nurses at the clinic, accompanying them on their rounds, supervising playground activities in the school.
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But, with Quakerly tact, Anna Brinton had withdrawn.
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And yet, something that Morrison did is totally and essentially Quakerly.
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This stone, young man," said my Quakerly rebuker, in a hard country farmer's voice; "this stone is the London Tract Ticking Stone.
From Tales of the Chesapeake by Townsend, George Alfred
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